Match package



e `July 28,v 1931. E. L. RAul-:L 1,815,974

HATCH PACKAGE Filed Oct. .'51, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l E. L. GRAUEL July28, 1931.

MATCH PACKAGE Y Filed Oct. 3l. 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 NVENTOR.

ATTRNEYS i ,Patented Julyy y282,193.1 n y gli l u `lyrA'ronrfreelances etreplpiieation' filed october a1, leso. Slkfl 116..,4925551. d' e y e yy dngerof any fir-e hazardin connection wieh y the 11S@ otthesepackages, i

Since in. the production of match Apackages thecost of the vmaterialsemployed isfof i' invention V relates to match receptacles and packagesY` in .whichfniatched usually sate-tydmatches are.retained withtheirheads enclosed and withy their ends extending lfrom the packages,.andlf-Which strips or areas 'of fulminate arelarranged iat .ft-heAoutlet vori-l licesjinithe packages soY that' the matches will beifgnitedzga's..theyare Withdrawn.

fxlnfinyapplicatilonSerial No.y 483,049,51ed f vdepternber .19, 1930;.I..have. disclosed apmatch package: in whichl anzinner ifold composed. of'

aisingleasheet of cardboard or .paper is provided, Withbands .ofi'rulminatelarranged Yat `the endsof folds, overu'ntihthefwallszlie in fparallely alignment,

vand a cover member isjapplied which holdsy ,thef matcheswithintthel'olded piece :and

s makes an f air-tight-ffcpackage therewith.

@The folds are bent Whilethe matchf,paggk'a'ggje 'disclosed inymyaforenoted application 'will j be. .foundato be rentirely serviceableWithoutitheouter metalf Lliocovermember disclosed, since no. partice-'ul-armeanssare shovvnin this co-pending case" for .creating tensionvatl theoutlet f orifice of thevpackage;exceptithe` lips ofthe holder toprevent matches .from falling out, itis an object of my presentinvention'. to provide a'y ployed entirel 93o simple match package/Whichmay bey emy successfully Without an outer holder. I V

vIn .the construction of the package` describedherein, it is anothery ofmy objects to providea package in Which, the portions of the packagereceiving thematches are so' constructed that easy Withdrawal of thematchesfis permitted Withoutany tendency to. stick Within thepackage.-This is'particularly advantageous in the fvvithdrawal; of the *endymatch, Which, in my previous yconstruction, occasionally caused somediilicultyy because*l of its tendency'to stickV Withinthe package.` `f

Y, Another object'isfthe 'provision of match packagejcomposedof a'blankor set of blankswvhich can'b'ereadilyfolded and as-vr sembled ,onautomatic machinery. v

Y stillffgurther object k1s the provision of a match vpackage in whichtheparts snugly together so thatthe package lwill Lbesubstantiallylire-proof, thereby'eliininating the with indentations great importance,itis. a furtherfobjectof myinvention to provide blanksior formi-ng thepackages which can be 'out economically from the sheets Vof inexpensive,fle;iblern1a'- terial,.such aspaper, trom Whichlthe packages `are made.

' lReferring to the drawings-1in whichalhave 60 shown severalprefer-.red niodiiications of inner folders or blanks orrnatchpackages:-

` Figure l isa plan view of a cutandiscored blank with theedgesofthe{'blankprovided fork retaining Ymatches Lin spaced .position4within the package.v

f "Figure 2is ay plan vilewof'ablank Aprovided Withoutavvayporti'onsproviding anleasy v Figurel 6'is a perspective vie/Wof theinner foldfof a' package prior toits being -folded overto enclose thematches.

.-'Figurelv is a perspective view offan cover member;

.Figureis aplan-view of a forming the inner fold and outer outer cover.

one-piece blank y, s

Figure 911s a planviewof the blank shown e inEigure V8. partially foldedup.

@..FigurelO is, a'perspective 'view of the asv ,y s sembled'box formedfrom the blanks shown y y in Figures 8 and 9, -Without the matches.

' Figurellfis a sectional view along the lines ll-ll in kFigure 1Q,matchesindicated. y f g,

InFigure-f'l'l haveshown a@ blank WithfsidesV y1 fha-ving zigzagcutlvvalls, andiwith score v.lines 2 at substantially the median line ofthe the sides to be 'folded over withV thematch heads 7held Within thefold adjacent the yarea between the score `linesV 2 2. I-tWill be notedthat'from-the'central blank,"which permits area of the blank the sidewalls incline up- Y wardly and downwardly, and then flare outwardly tothe end edges 3-3 of the blank.

Along the narrowest portion 4of each side' where the side walls start toflare outwardly, AI provide score lines 4 4, and adJacent the and scoredand then ordinarily the bands 5 of fulminate are applied. The cuttingand scoring-.and application of the fulminate may, however, Vbe carriedout with a single continuous operation. After vthe blank has been cutand scored and the fulminate has been applied and allowed to dry, thepackage is ready for receiving its matches, which ordinarily will kbeinserted within the package as indicated in Figure 4, by .partiallyfolding the blank along the lines l-fc, and then along the score lines2-2 until the inner fold has assumed a V-shapedl arrangement, at whichtime thel matches are deposited in thepar- Y tially folded member. f

Referring to-Figure- 1, the outside, of the blank orjfolding member isillustrated. ln assembling this blank the end flaps of the blank; arevfolded Vaway from the position in whichitheblankis-illustrated; then theside walls of the blank are also foldedv away froml the positionillustrated, and after the matches areinserted withitheir heads withinthe folded piece, the tension caused by the inner flaps bent along thescore lines 4,-4 will tend to hold the matches snugly. in position. Any

' Y-outer wrapper7, which is of slightly'tapered i there will. be nofwaste material, vdue tothe' shape and of suitable size to lit snuglyabout thel inner folded member, may then Vbeap'- gg"y plied -tothefolded member to hold the package securely together.A The outer covermay be formed of thin paperor other suitable material, and ordinarilywill bear announcementsy or other suitable advertising orv designmaterial. K Referring to the dotted lines-8 in VFigure 1,it'willzbe-'observed that by staggering blankswhich are out from a sheet'zig-zag shape of the sides of the blank.V

In Figure 2 yI Vhave shownthe blanks la 1,provided asin Figure l withthe scorelines 20a-2a along the middle area of the package, and withthenecks of the blanks forming the withdrawaly orificealso provided withscore lines 4ta-4a. Thev portions of the .blank which form thewithdrawal orifice are provided with areas of fulminate indicated at 5a.Theshape of the blank shown in 'Figure 2 is jsirnilar to the shape'shown in Figure 1,

excepting that instead of flaring outwardly-r and the orifice necksscore lines 4b-4Zn Areas of fulminate s-5b are applied in the usualmanner, and the end infolding flaps are cut allfdiderentlengths sothatone end 3b will have an inwardly'folding flap of normal lengthandtheVother end 3c will be cut off, providing clearance space. lhen the blankshownin Figure?) is folded over toenclose the matches, an easy sliding4space permitting the withdrawal of the matches toward the withdrawalorifice will be provided because of the cut away endc.V v f It will, ofcourse, be entirely feasible to provide the outer closure member byproviding extending flapsfrom the mainy bodies of the cartons which willfold over and provide a completely enclosing'outer wrapper, and in orderto illustrate such a modification, reference is made to Figures 8 toll.

In Figure 8 the blank has sidel wallslc-lc with scorelines Qc-Qa' Endflaps 30-36 are providedarticulated to the side flaps with score linesac lc. Fulminate isv applied to one sidel and one flap 3 0, as indicatedat tic-50. In assembling` the package made from -a single blank, anydesired fairlystiif .i paper may be used. f f' Extending from *oneV sidevof onekof the. sides 20" there is an articulatedportion 10,.

.and to it is articulated awall'fll which in Vflaps 13 andlel are thenfoldedandsealed,

making a package in which theV matches will beretained so that theyVwill not tend to drop out, and so that the Vstart to withdrawthem willbe easy. yi y VThe packages when completed will be substantiallyweather-proof and fire-proof. rlhe matches being withdrawn in alignmentwithy their length will -have no tendency to have their headsV brokenoff so that there will be a lire hazard, dueto breaking off theburningheads of the'matches.` Since' the outer wrapper fits snuglyfaboutthe-,inner fold, the package will-be substantially air- @essere t tight,vso that'feven 'the yexposed ends of i the shanks of ther-matches varelighted,-all

i "that'gwill happen rwill be that theends will `r burning will beextinguished. v

Since ythe igniting heads ofthe lmatches require a y t ends,-gthepackage Lis of slightly vtapered is'exerted at the neck l fheadsretained within the package and their' a Withdrawaloriiice lheadsof thematcheswith ythe withdrawal u f thereof from the package,said'fiap having y, yfin thewithdrawal ofvmatches from the packburn downasfar as f per,.of theblank, and of ,still permit thepackage to'beassembled in of the double fold of the inner flap, tension matchesfalling out ofthe f are Amanually withdrawn.

Within the package and bearing against y n the necks of the 4withdra-walorifice, where, .dueto lack of air, their greater Ywidth than theexposed shape, which isadvantageousfbecause it enables the outerwrapperto fitsnugly downk v'with asliding fitover the inner folded blank,

andvariations inthe sizeof the outer wrapthel matches, will i air-tight,`snug-fitting condition. Because i ofthe lwithdrawal 'be no Chance forpackage once they orifice, and there will ends extending therefrom, aninner blank of flexible material having Va, folded iiap extendthe sidesof the matchea'said package having y with striking substance arrangedadjacent VVsaid orifice to ignite the cut away jgiortionsto permit aneasy start 2. Arnatch package comprising incombinationwith *av rowofjmat'chesfhavmg their headsy retained withinlthe package and their iends extending therefrom, an inner ybla-nk offlexible material havingafolded flap extend- I ing. ywithin the-package and bearing againstigniting the heads arranged adjacent said 4'orificey to contact withsaid heads during orifice and with matches arranged with theirl theirwithdrawal.Y

they sides of the matches, said package havingk'a'withdrawal orificewith striking substancearranged adjacent said orificetoignite ftheheadsof the matches with the withdrawal thereof from the package, saidflap having cut away portions to permit an'veasyfstart in ,thewithdrawal of end ymatches from said package. I

A match package having la withdrawal ends extending through saidorificeand withl their kheads within the package, means for kwithdrawallof the -m'atches,and means lwithfromv droppingv out,V` said meanscomprisingrv va Hapy artifnilated to".y said package, said flap having*cut away kportions to v"permit ka limiv itiedffree movementofthe-matches prior to` saida fldelrf'liaving ai reentrant said; folder:lhav-ing reentrant n ance is presented n' jacket for enclosing snug fit,returnfla-ps on said 1 enamel patinage comprising weer;

nation .vvith:y ai row ofi matches; a folderfff'orll' `hnl"dingsaidfmakc'hesf '.vifithi.theirfhead'si.adijn-l cent: tlrea closedportion:oifsaidafolderg;andi

their other'` ends.g projecting 'freertlieretrona ilapriyinfgjalongsidei. saidc matches', i said lHap: 1* temninaial ingfsshortfoifthefcl'esed'` portion :ofi midfielder,.-

meansiencirclingisafidrfolder 'to hbldisaid folder closedr, f f r y155exinatchfv package' c'omprsinlgan Acon'xlti-I matches! telden fromrmaritim.-withea;,reneein M h'ioldingz* sai driny atches: with? cena theclosed; i portion of; saida folder; a andi their; other. endsnprojectingfree? therefrom;

sairl; felder: having ffreentrant 'flaps'.2 lying:

- alengside: said? matches",t said!-flaps.ntiermi:mat-14natfonmvitheatrova yof:mantitesi5a i'feliierrfev i their'. other fen ds:projecting.' free.E therefrom;

andcnreansf encircliirigfsaiilfoldto hold said rfolder closed, one ofsaid flaps being shorter than the other whereby ay graduated resist-` nto the ywithdrawal of said matches. u

'7. VVA match package comprising in combinat-ion lwith a row ofmatches,i a tapered folder for holding said matches, a taperedthereon'to said folder, land means extending Withiny ysaid folder from`the lips thereof, andk be- 1 yond said striking means lto provide ashoulforce ,of Withdrawal', thus caus- I t rlgm ,.x', j y

of matches, a tapered i ends freely. prol said folder and slidabley ipositions of snug t, meansfor striking said matches adjacentthe lips ofjecting, a tapered jacket for enclosing said.

folder and slidable thereon to positions ofV folder, the linev ofarticulation of said drawal orifice for said matches, the fold iapsforming a withy i 12Bk j lines of said return flaps forming said orifice'y thereby reinforcing the lips 'of saidV orifice,

and means 'for striking said'matches located i ,n ywithin saidkwithdrawal orice. in the packagel for; preventing the matches 9. A matchVpackage comprising in combi-y nation ywith a row of matches, a taperedfolder fory holding said matcheswith their ends freely projecting, atapered jacket for enclosing said folder and slidable y thereon to' u in positions of snug 1it,reentrant iiaps on said 1st ,fiE

l* folder, the line-of articulation of lsaid flaps Y matches, said'orice having lijoslof double thickness;y and means for striking said.matches located on said. flaps' adjacent said v Withdrawal'forifice,saidflaps being lessfinvA Y length than the sides of-said folder, wherebythe ends ofsa'id iiaps may becaused to Vengage' the heads of saidmatches to inhibit'the re'l forming a Withdrawal orificevr forY saidmoval thereof.

"10. A `match package comprising combin'ationV with a rowlvof matches, atapered c jacket for enclosingk said folder'and sliclablel folder forholding saidmatches, a tapered thereon to positions -of snug'iit,reentrant 'I flaps on said folder, the line of articulation of saidflaps' forming a Withdrawal orifice for saidmatches, said orifice havinglijns of double thickness, and means for striking said matches locatedon said iiaps adjacent said Withdrawalzoriiica saidflaps being less inlength than the :sidesfof said folden. whereby the ends of said-flapsmay be caused to engage the headsof said matches to inhibit the re movalthereof, one of saidflaps being shorter than the other whereby a.graduated resist-l ance is presented to the Withdrawal of said matches.o v

. EDWIN L ;GRAUEL.

